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High Court of Bhutan

Reviewed· 2026-08-03Thimphu

Predates the Supreme Court by forty years and was the apex court until 2008. Bhutanese procedure under the Civil and Criminal Procedure Code 2001 allows parties to appear without counsel and provides for jabmi (legal representatives), with litigation costs kept deliberately low.

How the court is constituted

Tier
appellate
Court type
Intermediate appellate court
Jurisdiction
Appeals from the dzongkhag courts, and first-instance jurisdiction over serious matters and cases involving the state.
Seat
Thimphu
Established
1968

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